Reader Devin Curry teamed up with Ben Gullard to create the Percussion Kitchen, an electronic rhythm instrument based on kitchen items – along with robotics and Arduino control. The duo set out to create something whimsical and fun to play. They started with a variety of kitchen items, ranging from a cheese grater to tupperware. The created a… Read More Kitchen Items + Robotics + Arduino Control = The Percussion Kitchen
Italian composer Bruno Di Micco, aka metallo, has been traveling recently – and is using his iPad as a mobile studio: These days I have been far from my studio, and had with me only an iPad mini and an alai lpk25. I composed this piece of electronic music exclusively with these 2 tools. HIs… Read More iPad Synth Jam, Flashback
SoundRadix has released 32 Lives – a 32-bit to 64-bit Audio-Units adapter, designed to let you used 32-bit plugins in virtually all 64-bit Audio-Units host applications.
Could a a pill one day improve your musical abilities? Takao Hensch, professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard, is studying a drug that restore your brain’s early-life learning abilities. In an interview with NPR, Hensch discusses how how a pill might be to give adults perfect pitch:
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Ville Aho created his track, Athletes, as a tribute to “Old School Synthesizer Heroes” and to all the athletes of the world. Regarding influences, Aho credits “especially to Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, OMD and Kraftwerk.”
Synth supergroup Node has a new album on the way – their first new release since 1995. The group features four music industry veterans that have taken time out from their ‘day jobs’ to indulge their passion for everything analog: producer and sonic legend Flood; producer and composer Ed Buller; composer & professor of music Dave Bessell; and… Read More Synth Supergroup Node Returns With Node 2 (DiN44)
Music software developer Cakewalk has announced the availability of SONAR X3 on the game delivery platform Steam. Steam, the brainchild of game developer Valve, has more than 50 million users around the world and offers more than 2,000 titles. Sonar X3 is the first major professional digital audio workstation to debut on Steam.
Love modular synths + the iconic soundtrack of Blade Runner? Then you may want to check out the Moments Lost Modular Challenge. The contest is organized by the creators of Moments Lost – a crowdfunded project to create new music and art inspired by Blade Runner. The project is now fully funded – but the Modular… Read More Moments Lost Modular Challenge – Can You Create A Unique ‘Blade Runner’ Sound?
Elstar has introduced YouCompose – a music composition application that turns your mobile device into a virtual composition assistant. Using the rules from the ‘common practice period’, YouCompose helps you compose in classical 4-part harmony. YouCompose Is Like A Virtual Assistant For Composition YouCompose comes with a built-in assistant composer. This assistant can help you… Read More New App, YouCompose, Is Like A Virtual Assistant For Composition
Yoichi Ochiai, Takayuki Hoshi and Jun Rekimoto – scientists at the University of Tokyo – have created a way to levitate objects, in a very precise way, using sound. An ultrasound standing wave is capable of suspending small particles at its sound pressure nodes. This method has been used previously to levitate lightweight particles, small… Read More Scientists Levitate Objects With Sound
